I recently started dipping my toe into Twitter chats, and participated in a few regarding teaching kids how to code. During these chats, I’ve come across a few more fabulous resources that I want to share with any of you who are considering the idea of teaching programming to kids.
I recently started dipping my toe into Twitter chats, and participated in a few regarding teaching kids how to code. During these chats, I’ve come across a few more fabulous resources that I want to share with any of you who are considering the idea of teaching programming to kids.
Here is a free ePub book from Wes Fryer – Hopscotch Challenges: A Free Curriculum eBook for iPad Coders (You will need an ePub reader on your computer to view this. I like Adobe Digital Editions, which is also free.)
Also, here are a couple of Google Docs:
First is an amazing Coding/Robotics Learning Continuum that is a Google Doc. It was created by Verena Roberts (@verenanz), and shared with me through Margaret Powers (@mpowers3)
Another fabulous Google Doc is “Making the Case for CS in K8” from Patrice Gans (@reesegans).
Both of these are chock full of links to products, sites, and apps that support teaching kids basic programming skills.
If you are interested in participating in a Twitter chat about coding for kids, the #kidscancode chat takes place at 8 PM EST on Tuesday evenings. This past week, it was co-hosted by the #patue chat. It seemed to be quite a hot topic, because tweets were flying all over the Twittersphere! As a relative newbie to chats, I had a bit of a hard time keeping up, but I learned a lot, and made some great new connections.
Not interested in chatting? No problem. I can hook you up with tons of additional resources. E-mail me at engagetheirminds@gmail.com, or take a look at my Programming for Kids Pinterest Board.
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